Fri, January 24th, 18:20 · Chris Udemans
Nigerian firm 234 Digital has launched free music streaming app Orin, which seeks to make African music more accessible and introduce the continent’s musical styles to the world. → Read more
Fri, January 24th, 15:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian e-commerce platform Konga.com is to sue Rocket Internet, owner of rival company Jumia, after Rocket acquired a number of Konga domain names across Africa. → Read more
Fri, January 24th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria, and the African continent as a whole, lead the world in the uptake of mobile banking, according to a new report by mobile trade association MEF. → Read more
Thu, January 23rd, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
French telecommunications firm Alcatel-Lucent is to upgrade the 10,000 kilometre Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) which runs from Sudan to South Africa, increasing its speeds to up to ten terabytes per second. → Read more
Thu, January 23rd, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
The dispute between the DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) over the former’s application to manage the .africa generic top-level domain (gTLD) will be decided by the Independent Review Process (IRP) panel. → Read more
Mon, January 20th, 18:20 · Chris Udemans
African tech companies Econet, Liquid Telecom and MTN South Africa have been shortlisted for the inaugural Telecom.com Industry Awards, putting them up against global telecom giants. → Read more
Mon, January 20th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
SuperSport International has been awarded the broadcasting rights for Sub-Saharan Africa for the Olympic Winter games in 2014 in Sochi, Russia, and the Olympic games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. → Read more
Mon, January 20th, 14:20 · Tom Jackson
PC sales in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region fell 15.7 per cent in 2013 compared to 2012, as consumer demand continued to be weak, according to figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC). → Read more
Sun, January 19th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
From announcements of mobile tech conferences in East Africa to the opening of the first video game studio in Central Africa for a Cameroonian startup, this week has proven to be an exciting one for the world of African tech startups, with the host city of one of the continent’s premier startup events also confirmed. → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Sony Mobile has unveiled the Xperia T2 Ultra smartphone, saying the new large-screen model was designed for emerging market audiences such as Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 13:40 · Chris Udemans
Five months after Steve Ballmer announced he was resigning as Microsoft’s chief executive officer (CEO), the company is yet to find a replacement after the withdrawal of a number of high profile candidates from the race. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 09:40 · Nick Sato
Nokia has announced the appointment of Leo McKay as head of communications for Nokia South East Africa, replacing Delia Sieff who has been promoted to head communications for Nokia in the Middle East and Africa. → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
Ecobank and MasterCard have announced a multi-country licensing agreement which will provide access to MasterCard’s payment solutions for Ecobank’s customers in a further 23 African countries. → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
Africa is set to see an increase in the number of free Wi-Fi hotspots in 2014, in line with recent moves to connect entire cities in both Rwanda and South Africa. → Read more
Mon, January 13th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
Altech has sold its stake in Liquid Telecom to Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless for US$55 million, a year after giving up its East African operations to Liquid in return for equity in the company. → Read more
Sun, January 12th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
The first week of 2014 has seen startups, incubators and entrepreneurs across Africa run back to work and start the year as they mean to go on, with new apps launching, an established hub rebranding, and five African startups winning a place in the final of a global competition. → Read more
Fri, January 10th, 20:00 · Nick Sato
The bosses of tech giants Apple and Samsung have agreed to attend a mediation session ahead of their battle in court over smartphone patents in March. → Read more
Thu, January 9th, 11:40 · Nick Sato
African, Middle Eastern and South Asian trademark and intellectual property law firms have given positive support for the Mark Validation System (MVS) that is designed to protect African brands following the imminent commercial launch of the new dotAfrica generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). → Read more
Wed, January 8th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SEACOM is looking for expansion opportunities across the African continent in 2014, while completing its transition from cable operator to infrastructure provider, chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Simpson has said. → Read more
Tue, January 7th, 13:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Five African startups have been selected among 20 finalists to compete at the Seedstars World global startup competition, with the chance of winning US$500,000 equity investment. → Read more
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